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Lantern Bloom quilt is finished!

November 19, 2009 in Finished Quilts with 36 Comments

Here it is in all its super colorful glory. I should note that the dark color is a chocolate brown, not black as it looks in the photos.

This quilt is a commission and the Lantern Bloom fabric was requested. This flickr photo, along with the colors in the fabrics inspired the quilt.

It’s such a uniquely pretty fabric collection that I didn’t think it could be mixed with other lines so I turned to solids. Purple & bright yellow aren’t my usual comfort zone, but I’m glad the fabric pushed me to stretch. I think it’s “me” in it’s improv. wonkiness yet it doesn’t look like all of my other quilts. No white!

Here it is on a queen sized bed – so you can see how big it is!

I quilted it by stitching right next to the ditch. You can see the quilting on the back and I like how the rectangles overlap all the piecing on the back.

I found it a lot harder to stitch in the ditch than to stipple a quilt this big. Straight lines are “easier” than free motion, but when you stipple you can organize how you move through your quilt in a way that’s much more manageable for me. But I did it! I’m definitely stippling my next quilt. It’s been too long!

Fallish

October 6, 2009 in Classes, Finished Quilts with 12 Comments

Here in LA, we hardly feel fall show up. But the past few days have been so so wonderful. Sunny and cool (for LA) and it’s put me in a fall mood! After making the huge hexagon quilt I wanted to make a quick and fun little project so I put together this little stroller quilt. It’s small – 24″ x 36″.

It’s actually a sample for a new class that I’m going to be teaching Pasadena at The Common Thread Studio. It’s another beginners quilting class that will happen in November.

And now – back to work on the commissioned quilt! Should be able to show you the beginnings of things later this week!

The finished hexagon quilt! Finally!!

September 28, 2009 in Finished Quilts with 41 Comments

I went back and looked, and the first photo I have of the beginnings of this quilt is from July 24th. And today is September 28th. Two months it took me to make this quilt. For me, that is a long time. Now it would be one thing if I’d done a ton of sewing otherwise, but I kinda haven’t. The odd quilting bee block here or there, but otherwise? Not much sewing! Lesson I’ve learned? Don’t start a huge quilt when you’re going to be working a lot. Tackle smaller quilts and that way it’s easier to get a project finished and feel that needed sense of accomplishment!

But anyhow – the quilt!

It’s 80″ by 88″ – a full sized quilt, but it’s on a queen sized bed in the above photo.

Some details…

The pebble quilting, which I’ll never do on a quilt this big again (it took SO long!) really works on this simple pattern. I love it. Especially after the wash and crinkle…

Love how the deer pop since I’ve otherwise used smaller scale prints.

I used the Wonderland polka dots for the binding.

The back – sorry for a kinda dark photo. The brown reads darker in this photo than it actually is.

It’s actually more like this:

I love this quilt. I do. But it was a huge project to get it all finished. No more hexagons or pebble quilting for me for a long time. Improv piecing and stippling, here I come!

It’s for sale in my shop.

Gratuitous

July 22, 2009 in Finished Quilts with 23 Comments

Now normally I don’t just post kitties shots, but we had a particularly good photo shoot yesterday…

And because this is a quilting blog after all… Another little coin quilt in the sun.

I’m starting a new job today. That means my obsessive quilting will slow down. Some!

Monday morning.

July 20, 2009 in Finished Quilts with 27 Comments

My coffee is brewing so I’m taking the time to show you my latest finished quilt. The red & aqua is all done!

It’s much like my usual quilts – lots of white and wonky log cabins and as a result, I love it!

One of my usual pieced backs:

I used some of the precious Paint by Number birds fabric. It’s too beautiful to hoard! It needs to be put in quilts.

It’s 40″ x 50″ and for sale in my shop!

Hexagon quilt is finished!

July 17, 2009 in Finished Quilts with 30 Comments

All done!

It measures 40″ x 40″ – perfect for a baby quilt.

I used the 4.5″ template from here. After sewing together the columns of hexagons, I off set them so that the color hexagons would be surrounded in white half hexagons.

Then, being inspired by this and this, I gave “pebble” quilting a shot. I’m super happy with the results!

I think that it works well on a really simple quilt pattern, like this one, but would overwhelm a quilt top that is more involved. I do love it though and I’m certain to do it more on other quilts that I think it’ll work on.

Boy does it use a lot of thread… 11 bobbins for this little baby quilt!

Lots of little details.

July 8, 2009 in Bees/Swaps, Finished Quilts with 21 Comments

I’ve been getting lots of sewing details out of the way recently.

I made a cute sample quilt for my class later this month.

It’s little – 24″ x 36″ and makes me realize I need to branch out in my quilting more. I love the texture all these straight lines give it.

Also stitching up labels… I like that these fill my TV time along with binding stitching.

And bees! I’m all caught up on all of my bees! Just need to pop all of these into the mail…

Block Party:

Sew Connected 2:

And 12 Squared:

Now I need to dive back into a this quilt…

Another one finished!

July 6, 2009 in Finished Quilts with 19 Comments

This is my 15th quilt of the year! It’s based on the “What a Bunch of Squares” Denyse Schmidt patten.

How long will it be before there isn’t any Mingle in every quilt I make?? A long time I think.

Ducks!

My Block Party Quilt

June 27, 2009 in Bees/Swaps, Finished Quilts with 32 Comments

The quilt that I made with all of the women involved in Block Party, a virtual quilting bee, is finished and it’s beautiful!

Each and every block in this quilt is perfect.

Right?? I’m so lucky this is mine.

If you click through to this photo on flickr, you can see a collage with a photo of each block and link to who made them. That’s one batch of seriously talented ladies! I’m thrilled to be doing this bee with all of them.

Here’s the pieced back I put together based on all the fabric I had left.

Permit me to show you some more pretty pictures of it!

I genuinely love this quilt so much and the fact that it was made with help from so many of the wonderful people I’ve gotten to know though this amazing online quilting/blogging community makes me love it even more.

It measures 75″ x 75″ and it’s going to live with me on my couch. All the time. Have I mentioned that I love it??

Funky Wonky Squares Quilt!

June 23, 2009 in Finished Quilts with 16 Comments

Clearly I’m not the most creative at coming up with quilt names… oh well – I guess this says it all!

All finished! I love it. Love love love it. I think it’s so youthful and funky and just fun!

For the back I did a simple strip of patchwork – mostly solids with a pop of pattern! The patterned fabric is the circles from Mingle. Man am I ever obsessed with those right now… I think I bought them in every colorway!